In Steve Doherty’s Crossroads, in 1948, American counterintelligence officer Jonathan Preston learns that Uchito Tsukuda, a former Japanese intelligence commander, is moving weapons to North Korea while searching for a legendary Masamune sword. Tsukuda believes the blade can restore his power, but Preston sees a...

China’s Master Race for World Domination by Jack Cox Williams is a political thriller that blends espionage, science fiction, genetic engineering, and global power struggles into a fast-moving narrative centered on the ambitions of the Chinese government. The novel begins with President Xi Jinping reflecting...

In Andra Douglas's Changing Cadence, Christine Davis built the New York Sharks women’s football team after discovering that few opportunities existed for women who wanted to play tackle football at a serious level. Nearly twenty years later, she prepares for the final season under her...

In Judith Kendall's Conquering The Odds, when New Zealand politician Melinda McConnolly becomes Speaker of Parliament, her appointment changes the course of her daughter Jasmine Ashton’s life. Years later, after Melinda accepts a diplomatic posting in Washington, Jasmine enters university while training as a competitive...

In Terry Birdgenaw’s Cyborg Contact, Dee, a giant cyborg ANT from the distant moon Bilaluna, arrives on Earth through an ancient wormhole with a warning about the environmental collapse that destroyed his original world. Stranded in a future North America shaped by drought, political violence,...

How do you move forward when wounds from the past are still open? Crooked Lines by Sally Barclay Faddis begins as Dahlia Charles gets ready for a family reunion at her inn in Coyote Creek, hoping for the weekend to go well. As she organizes...

Carry on Smartly by Wayne Westphal Barrow is a collection of six original short stories, where the characters experience moments that require immediate decisions, which define what follows. In The Kind-Hearted Stranger, a teenage real estate agent receives unexpected news and turns to Mr. Kippens,...

Cicero James, Ardent Fool by Hal Emerson is a continuation of a dark urban fantasy surrounding Cicero, a reluctant immortal hero, and his evil-fighting cohorts, the Order of the Magi. When Cicero’s mentor and longtime father figure Marlowe dies, Cicero is bereft. He is also...

There is a sense of loneliness when reading Ana’s words as Confessions of a Female Dominant opens. Every page and every word reveals it in a multitude of ways. She is a woman desperate for something, which she cannot name, not while in Russia and...

Carve My Heart by Mara J. Ova is book one in The Carve Series. It is Olympic season, and PR Manager Katharina is managing the Austrian Men’s Ski Team. She accepts this role in hopes of building her career. But it is also a deliberate...